Procedure and Instrument Terms

Vocabulary flashcards based on lecture notes about medical terminology related to procedures and instruments.

Biopsy

The excision of living tissue for examination.

Cautery

The use of a machine or method used to destroy tissue by electricity, freezing, or chemicals (cauterization).

Debridement

The removal of dead or foreign tissue from a wound.

Dermabrasion

The scraping of surface layers of skin to remove scars or wrinkles.

Dermatome

An instrument used for cutting thin sections of skin for grafts.

Electrodessication

The destruction and drying out of cells and tissues with short, high-frequency sparks of electricity.

Escharotomy

The removal of tissue and underlying tissue caused by burns. These scabs restrict blood flow, especially in tight, swollen limb bands of scabs and scar tissue.

Fulguration

A type of electro/desiccation that destroys tissue with long, high-frequency electric sparks

Grafts

When tissue is taken from one place on the body to replace skin or defects elsewhere.

Scope

Instrument used to examine or view

Stethoscope

Instrument used to examine the chest.

Otoscope

Instrument used to examine the ear.

Sigmoidoscope

Instrument used to view the sigmoid colon

Scopy

The process or procedure of visual inspection

Cardioscopy

Examination of the interior of the heart

Colonoscopy

Examination of the upper part of the colon

Cystoscopy

Examination of the bladder

Proctoscopy

Examination of the anus and rectum

Graph

Instrument or machine that records or writes.

Electroencephalograph

Instrument used to record electrical activity of the brain

Electromyograph

Instrument used to record skeletal muscle contraction

Electrocardiograph

Instrument used to record electrical activity of the heart

Radiograph

A picture produced by a machine on a film by X-rays or gamma rays.

Thermograph

Device or machine that records heat patterns on the skin

Sonograph

Machine that emits ultrasonic waves to measure tissue density.

Graphy

Procedure of using machine, instrument, or device to record

Electromyography

Recording of skeletal muscle contractions

Mammography

Surface X-ray picture of the breast tissue.

Myelography

Recording of spinal cord after injection of opaque medium dye

Radiography

X-ray

Thermography

The process of recording surface heat patterns

Tomography

Process of cutting across and producing single layer tissue images.

Gram

This is the record, recording, or writing

Angiogram

X-ray record of blood vessels using radiopaque contrast dye.

Cardiogram

Heart recording

Myelogram

X-ray record of spinal cord using radiopaque contrast dye

Photofluorogram

X-ray image record from a fluoroscopic exam

Sonogram

Record produced from results of ultrasonography